Remote Sensing & Geo-Environment Lab is the only established lab in Cyprus for space-based Earth Observation, possesses significant experience in Earth Observation, Remote Sensing and GIS, as a result of its 13 years of operation, participating to over 65 research projects and coordinating more than 25 research projects from various competitive calls such as HORIZON2020, PRIMA, FP6, FP7, INTERREG, LIFE+, MARIE-CURIE, EUREKA, ERASMUS+, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (CRPF), Structural Funds etc. The Lab research is focused on the following thematic areas: Remote Sensing; Cultural Heritage/Archaeology, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), marine spatial planning Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Risk assessment, Climate change, Water Resources Management, Atmospheric sciences, Agriculture, Earthquake Engineering, Geology, Urban design, Civil Engineering, Transport Planning/Modelling, Construction Innovation, Life cycle assessment etc.. The lab is also a member of several networks such as SPIE, EARSeL, EARLINET, ACTRIS, AERONET (NASA), NEREUS, ISPRS and has strong links with organizations such as ESA, DLR and GEO, as well as the Copernicus Academy Network. The Lab is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
Below is a list of some selected funded projects:
- EXCELSIOR: ERATOSTHENES: Excellence Research Centre for Earth Surveillance and Space-Based Monitoring of the Environment (H2020 WIDESPREAD TEAMING PHASE 2) www.excelsior2020.eu
- ATHENA: Remote Sensing Science Center for Cultural Heritage (H2020 WIDESPREAD TWINNING) www.athena2020.eu
- RESEARCH: REmote SEnsing techniques for ARCHaeology (H2020 RISE) https://www.re-se-arch.eu/
- Copernicus programme boosting the European Space Sector (H2020) http://www.cophub-ac.eu/
- Coordinating and integRating state-of-the-art Earth Observation Activities in the regions of North Africa, Middle East, and Balkans and Developing Links with GEO related initiatives towards GEOSS (H2020) http://geocradle.eu/
- Innovative Concrete Barriers for Forgiving Road Infrastructure SAFER (H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie) http://safer.cut.ac.cy/
- NAVIGATOR: Copernicus Earth Observation Big Data for Cultural Heritage (Research Promotion Foundation: Excellence Hub) http://web.cut.ac.cy/navigator/
- SIROCCO: Study of the precipitation, aerosol and clouds in a coastal area of Cyprus (Research Promotion Foundation: Excellence Hub) https://sirocco.cut.ac.cy/
- Marine Spatial Planning-2 (INTERREG GREECE-CYPRUS) https://www.mspcygr2.info/
- Smart Watering System for Optimizing Irrigation Process (ESA Funded Project) https://www.swsoip.com/
- FOREST http://forest.cut.ac.cy/
- AIRFUSE (ERASMUS ) https://www.arinfuse.eu/
- Accelerated Corrosion Blind Spots Inherent to Photovoltaic Systems’ Operation and Undetected DC Faults – PVrosion (Research Promotion Foundation) http://psm.ucy.ac.cy/pvrosion/project/
- SOFIA:Schools' encouragement in educatiOn and outreach oF Earth surveIllance And remote sensing, (ESA) https://www.cyric.eu/project/sofia/
- CLIMA: Cultural Landscape risk Identification Management and Assessment (JPI-CH) http://www.clima-project.eu/
Websites: www.cyprusremotesensing.com / www.excelsior2020.eu / www.eratosthenes.org.cy
